Matthew Jones

Matthew is a key member of Thompsons' national clinical negligence team and serves as the team leader for the Wales and South West of England clinical negligence team, based in Cardiff.

In 2024, Matthew became an Associate at Thompsons.

He specialises in managing high-value claims involving birth-related brain injuries, adult brain injuries, spinal injuries, and limb amputation.

In addition to handling his own caseload of severe cases, Matthew leads a dedicated team of expert clinical negligence lawyers serving the Wales and South West of England region.

Since qualifying as a lawyer in March 2008, Matthew has focused exclusively on clinical negligence, earning accreditation from the Law Society Clinical Negligence Panel.

Matthew takes pride in Thompsons' solid track record in clinical negligence law, embracing the firm's commitment to standing up for those injured through no fault of their own and pursuing justice via legal work and public advocacy.

Outside of work, Matthew cherishes spending time with his young family, engaging in charity events, and staying active by participating in half marathons.

Matthew's case experience

• Settled a birth injury case where the capitalised value was in excess of �10 million, which included large interim payments during the progress of the claim to put in place a care and therapy package for the client and enable the family to move to a property that was more suited to their needs.
• Settled a claim for �775,000 involving functional neurological disorder following negligent surgical treatment, leading to the claimant suffering significant effects on her ability to work and to carry out domestic and personal tasks. The case has been reported in Lawtel, which can be found here, and in a podcast here.
• Settled a case for a client arising out of a failure by an accident & emergency department to recognise and act upon symptoms of a stroke.  The client was wrongly discharged having been diagnosed with labyrinthitis.  Our client unfortunately went on to suffer a significant stroke, something which we alleged would have been avoided with appropriate treatment at the accident and emergency department.  Our client�s speech and movement were affected as a result of the stroke.  The case was denied by the Defendant throughout, but settled for a six figure sum shortly before trial.
• Settled a birth injury case where the client suffered avoidable hypoglycaemic damage to his brain which resulted in moderate learning disabilities, developmental difficulties, speech difficulty�s and behavioural difficulties.  Judgement was entered in favour of our client and investigations were then undertaken to establish the extent of the injuries that our client had suffered.  At the conclusion of this process a multi million pound settlement figure was agreed with the Defendant following negotiations, with this settlement then later being approved by the Court.
• Secured a 7 figure settlement for a client who suffered an above knee leg amputation after a delay in doctors identifying that the blood flow to our client�s leg had been compromised following routine surgery.  By the time the compromised blood flow had been identified it was sadly too late to avoid the amputation.  The case was defended throughout but settled 5 months before trial.  The significant sum of compensation obtained ensures that our client�s future needs, in areas such as care and accommodation, can now be met.

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Professional membership

Matthew is a Law Society Clinical Negligence Panel member.

Testimonials

I was very pleased with everything. I cannot thank you enough. Matthew Jones was excellent. Thanks a million.

Matthew's former client

I have been very satisfied and made to feel valued and respected in all correspondence (speaking and writing).

Matthew's former client

Efficient and polite. What more could you ask for.

Matthew's former client

I wish that I could give Thompsons more than 5 stars, because they have been utterly fantastic. Matthew Jones dealt with my husband's clinical negligence case. When we started the case, we had no idea of how long it would take or what would be involved. We knew it would be difficult at times and if it had not been for Matthew and his fanastic team, I don't think we would have been able to cope. Throughout the entire process they have been caring, considerate, approachable and always kept us informed and made sure that we were okay at all times. Their professionalism, compassion and expertise has meant that not only we have kept our sanity through all of this, we have also kept our faith in humanity and a belief that things really do work out in the end. Although nothing can ever give us back what we have lost, Matthew and his wonderful team (Lisa Osbourne and Marta) at Thompsons have ensured that we can face the future with optimism and confidence and without all of the worries that we previously had. They brought our case to a successful conclusion and helped to change our lives for the better. We cannot thank them enough or recommend them more highly.

Matthew's former client